#9E9A19#9E9A19

#9E9A19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.137 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9A19
RGB	rgb(158, 154, 25)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -12.51, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 62.18, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0417 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.137 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8327, 30.4514, 5.4365)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9A19 #191D9E

analogous

#9E5719 #9E9A19 #609E19

triadic

#9E9A19 #199E9A #9A199E

tetradic

#9E9A19 #199E57 #191D9E #9E1960

square

#9E9A19 #199E57 #191D9E #9E1960

split-complementary

#9E9A19 #19609E #57199E

monochromatic

#343308 #696611 #9E9A19 #D3CD21 #E3DF4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#9E9A19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#9E9A19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9A19

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9A19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9A19	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9a19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 154, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.137 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb765',
    500: '#9e9a19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9a19;
$custom-light: #bfb765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9a19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66849,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9A19

secondary

#4E51C5

accent

#3EEF38

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9A19

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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